Long-term Effects of Elevated Carbon Dioxide Concentration on Sour Orange Wood Specific Gravity, Modulus of Elasticity, and Microfibril Angle

Long-term Effects of Elevated Carbon Dioxide Concentration on Sour Orange Wood Specific Gravity, Modulus of Elasticity, and Microfibril Angle
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Total Pages: 12
Release: 2007
Genre: Atmospheric carbon dioxide
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The carbon dioxide (CO2) concentration of Earth's atmosphere continues to rise. Plants in general are responsive to changing CO2 concentrations, which suggests changes in agricultural productivity in the United States and around the world. The ability of plants to absorb CO2 during photosynthesis and then store carbon in their structure or sequester it in the soil has potential for mitigating the rate of rise of atmospheric CO2 concentration. Since 1987, Bruce Kimball and coworkers at the USDA Agricultural Research Service in Phoenix, Arizona, have maintained a greenhouse gas experiment using sour orange trees maintained in a CO2- enriched environment. These trees were harvested in 2005. During the final massive harvest, many different properties and characteristics of the woody biomass for these sour orange trees were studied. This report focuses only on the mechanical property evaluation of modulus of elasticity (MOE), specific gravity, and microfibril angle. In this study of CO2-exposed sour orange trees, CO2 did not significantly affect specific gravity of sour orange trees. Exposure to CO2 did not significantly affect MOE of sour orange trees. Exposure to CO2 did, however, seem to influence microfibril angle development. Minor interactions between CO2 and cardinal direction affected the MOE and were caused by experimental difference in chamber construction.

The Cyclopaedia

The Cyclopaedia
Author: Abraham Rees
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Total Pages: 854
Release: 1819
Genre: Atlases
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Wood

Wood
Author: George Simonds Boulger
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Total Pages: 398
Release: 1902
Genre: Wood
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An American Wood

An American Wood
Author: United States. Forest Service
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Total Pages: 984
Release: 1937
Genre: Timber
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Insect Life

Insect Life
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Total Pages: 488
Release: 1892
Genre: Beneficial insects
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Devoted to the economy and life-habits of insects, especially in their relations to agriculture.